Victorian Naval Forces Muster | for the Colony of Victoria. (muster range 1853-1910)*
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ProfileLast Name: | Gerrard | First Name: | John | Rank: | 1st Assistant Engineer | Birth Date: | 00-00-1832 | Branch: | Victorian Navy | | John Gerrard
1st Assistant Engineer
On returning from the Gulf of Carpentaria, Gerrard was pronounced "to be suffering from great general debility together with nervous irritation" and his resignation accepted on the 16th of May 1862
Victoria. A History of Her Majesty's Steam Sloop Victoria, Ian MacFarlane unpublished manuscript, page 171
Crew member of HMCS Victoria 1860-61. See Victoria & Australia's First War, Ian MacFarlane & Neil Smith, Mostly Unsung Military History, Brighton 2005. |
* 1853 is given as the commencement date for the Victorian Navy as this is the year that Commander Lockyer (RN) went to Britain to superintend the building of HMCS Victoria. Although the Victorian Navy ended in 1901 the career of Cerbeus etc continued. In 1910 the new ships started arriving & manning levels increased.
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